Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels — coal, gas and oil (Ember via Our World in Data). Source: Our World in Data — Energy (Ember, Energy Institute). Retrieved 27 Jun 2026.
| Period | Fossil Share of Electricity |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 82.2% |
| 2024 | 84.3% |
| 2023 | 84.1% |
| 2022 | 85.9% |
| 2021 | 87.3% |
| 2020 | 89.5% |
| 2019 | 89.5% |
| 2018 | 90.6% |
| 2017 | 89.7% |
| 2016 | 90.8% |
| 2015 | 92.5% |
| 2014 | 92.9% |
53 countries carry a recent fossil fuels' share of electricity generation figure. Each opens its own page with the history, the source and the API request.
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